Platythyrea viehmeyeri

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Platythyrea viehmeyeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Platythyreini
Genus: Platythyrea
Species: P. viehmeyeri
Binomial name
Platythyrea viehmeyeri
Santschi, 1914

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Specimen Labels

At a Glance • Gamergate  

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: United Republic of Tanzania.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • viehmeyeri. Platythyrea viehmeyeri Santschi, 1914a: 429 (w.) TANZANIA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Khutu Steppe, 1912 (K. Schwartze).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 761; Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
    • Distribution: Tanzania.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1914a [1913]. Mélanges myrmecologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 429-437 (page 429, worker described)